Whether one has a difficult dog or a charm-school puppy, part of the fun is how much a pup wants to play. With Knack Dog Tricks in hand, anyone can teach a dog a new set of tricks. Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricks such as "shake hands" and "roll over." And it covers advanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricks-and useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
Carina MacDonald is the author of Knack Dog Care & Training and the award-winning Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for You and Your Dog. She owns a pet-sitting business that caters primarily to dogs and she trains dogs in agility and obedience. Stephen Gorman is a photographer and writer whose photo-essay books include Northeastern Wilds. His work has also appeared in Knack Dog Care & Training, Knack Car Camping, and Knack Canoeing for Everyone, and in such magazines as Outside and Audubon.Eli Burakian is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Knack Dog Care & Training.
Knack Dog Tricks Table of Contents Chapter 1 Trick Training 101 The Case for Trick Training The Right Attitude Size Matters Breed Matters Too Finding your Dog's Drive Priming the Puppy Chapter 2 Tricky Tools Leashes, Collars and Halters Finding the Perfect Treat Toys for Structured Play Clicker Training Target Sticks and Squeezy Cheese Group Training Classes Chapter 3 Tricky Techniques Keep it Fun Back-chaining and Breaking Down Timing is Everything Know Your Dog! Communicating With Your Dog Troubleshooting Tricks for Tricks Chapter 4 Clickers for Tricksters Priming the Clicker Know When to Click The Other Element: Treats Luring, Bribing and Rewarding Get What You Train For Turn Your Head Chapter 5 The Not-so-Boring Basics An Enthusiastic Recall Puppy Push-ups Stay and Wait No-Pull Leash Manners Tug Games Long Distance Learning Chapter 6 Tricks you Can Build On Shake Hands Fetch! Roll Over Leaping Tall Buildings Spin and Nips Through the Legs Chapter 7 The Controlled Canine With Control Comes Better Manners Wait and Release Teaching Leave It Drop It Take it Nice The Ready, Ready, Ready Game Chapter 8 Advanced Basics Hello, High Five, Goodbye Bang, You're Dead (Not Really.) A Nose for Cookies Controlled Jumping Sit Pretty Sequencing for Fun Chapter 9 Smarty Pants Dog Tricks He's Smarter Than You Think My Dog Does Calculus The Political Animal Dogs Have Feelings Too The Canine Courier Name That Toy Chapter 10 Obedience Games Watch Me Make Heeling Fun Front and Finish Moving Sits and Downs Article Scent Discrimination Retrieve and Jump Chapter 11 The Helpful Hound Find the Remote Get That Cat Retrieving the Newspaper Carrying the Groceries Ring Bell to Go Out Put Your Toys Away Chapter 12 Packing and Travelling Dogs Dress for the Distance Doggie Backpacks Carting Basics Skateboarding Dogs Bicycling with Bowser Weight Pulling Chapter 13 Get Out and Play Understand Your Dog's Instincts Socialize for Success First Get a Long Line... Off Leash Games Fetch and Frisbee The Nose Knows Chapter 14 Channeling Bad Habits Your Dog Can Speak From Hooligan to Helpful Greeter Pottying in Place Digging for Treasure Fetch for Hyper Dogs Kids and Dogs Chapter 15 Multiple-Dog Games Managing the Dog Pack Under and Over Speed Sitting Competition Get Your Treat Big Dog Little Dog A Punch and Judy Show Chapter 16 When It's Frightful Outside Hide and Seek Find the Stuffie Jumping Games Speed Heeling Demons Round Robin and Family Games Bed Time Games Chapter 17 Agility Tricks Exercises on the Fly Rear Foot Awareness for Contacts Pause and Table Games Wild Weavers Crate Games Go Around Chapter 18 The Dancing Dawg Freestylin' is for Everybody The Weave and Walk Walking Funny for Freestyle Dancing in Place Bowing to the Crowd Strut Your Stuff Chapter 19 Complex Tricks Putting it Together Go Open the Fridge Get Beer, Close Fridge Bring Me the Beer Troubleshooting the Beer Run Always Thank Your Dog Chapter 20 Resource Directory
